Chapter 11: We Can't Afford Any Disturbance
Cui Changjia had no choice but to call the landline again. The call was connected, but no one answered. Just when she was about to hang up, a rough male voice sounded on the other end, "Hello, who is this?"
"Hello," Cui Changjia said quickly, "Is this Oriental Express?"
The man on the other side said in a loud voice, "Yes, what's the matter? Tell me!"
"Hello, boss. I need three to four 9.6-meter transport trucks. Do you have any?"
"How many?" The man asked again, fearing he had heard it wrong.
"Three or four."
"What are you pulling?"
"Pulling furniture from Qiaotou County to the state capital."
"Qiaotou County? You are in Qiaotou County?"
"Yes, I'm in Qiaotou County now."
"The car is fine, but our car is in the state capital, so we can't give it a ride. We have to run an empty car, and the price is not cheap."
When Cui Changjia heard that there was no problem with the car, he felt relieved and said hurriedly, "You name the price."
Cui Changjia is not afraid of the high freight prices now, but she is afraid of not having a car.
"Wait a minute." The phone was obviously hung up. There were rustling sounds and people talking on the other side. After a long while, someone picked up the phone again and said, "I only have a 9.6-meter truck, but we also have 13-meter and 4.2-meter trucks. You can tell me how much you need to transport, and I will arrange a truck for you. I just need to help you transport the stuff back, right?"
This time, the man who spoke to Cui Changjia had a very steady voice and tone, and Cui Changjia's anxious mood also calmed down a lot.
"Okay," Cui Changjia briefly described what it was, then said, "Please give me a price, just don't let it get bumped or dented."
"Is there a place to unload the cargo?" the man asked.
"not yet."
"Then you have a car pressure here."
Cui Changjia bit her lip and said, "I can pay for the parking fee."
"Okay, two thousand five, unload the truck by seven tomorrow morning at the latest, and the fare is eighty dollars per hour per truck."
Two thousand five, why not go and grab it!
Cui Changjia bargained, "Two thousand and five is too expensive, how about two thousand? It only takes five hours to go back and forth."
The other party said slowly, "It's the same price. We didn't charge you more. We have to run an empty truck, and you don't have a place to unload the truck. The driver has to stay in the truck overnight to watch over it. It's at least 2,200. If it's okay, I'll arrange a car to go there right away."
Cui Changjia gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, we have agreed, then you must come."
"I won't break my promise on a deal you made. Don't worry. Leave me your phone number."
Cui Changjia exchanged mobile phone numbers with the man, told him the address, and after hanging up the phone, he breathed a sigh of relief and was especially grateful to the driver of the pickup truck.
"Girl, why do you need so many cars?" the driver asked curiously.
Cui Changjia said, "I bought a lot of furniture."
"Oh, you must have a huge fortune to buy so much furniture."
Cui Changjia smiled, walked away holding the phone and called Cui Xiuyuan. He Liangcai was a good-for-nothing, but no matter how stupid Cui Changjia was, he would not ruin He Liangcai's life in front of him.
Cui Xiuyuan had been waiting for Cui Changjia's call. Looking at the number flashing on the screen, he felt both excited and worried.
"Jia Jia." Cui Changjia did not explain the process, but only the result. "Brother, He Liangcai used furniture to pay off the debt, and the price of the furniture increased by 30%. He did not give the rest of the money, but only in cash. There is still more than left. It is estimated that it will be difficult to get it back."
Cui Xiuyuan was very surprised. He never expected that Cui Changjia could really get the money back from He Liangcai.
"You gave him what he wanted?"
"No, I said Daddy is awake and recovering. Brother, when others ask you about it, you should also say Daddy is awake."
Cui Xiuyuan just paused for a moment and said, "Okay, I understand."
"Brother, I have found a transport truck to transport all the furniture back. The most important thing now is to find a warehouse for us to store the furniture." This place must be large, dry, and safe.
Cui Xiuyuan said, "I'll find a way to deal with the warehouse, wait for my call. Jiajia, He Liangcai is not a kind person, come back as soon as you have loaded the car, don't delay in Qiaotou County. Where is the cash?"
"In my bag."
"Be careful," Cui Xiuyuan warned, his tone returning to his usual calmness. "Better safe than sorry."
In the current situation, they can't afford any disturbance.
Cui Changjia looked up and saw a bank across the street. He then said, "I see. Don't worry."
When Cui Changjia returned to Cui Chengze, he and his men had already moved out a lot of things.
There was a relatively clean open space in front of the furniture store, and the furniture was placed there. Cui Changjia stood in front, looking at the furniture that had been moved out, and confirmed with the driver of the Shengtong Transport Team whether they had set off. When she learned that two cars were already heading here, she felt a little relieved.
It took more than two hours to travel from the provincial capital to Qiaotou County. The trucks drove slowly, so it took almost three hours for two trucks to arrive. By this time, it was already late, and the furniture had already been moved out and placed in the square.
A thirteen-meter-long transport truck stopped by the roadside.
Cui Changjia saw the transport truck and hurried over. The first person who jumped off the truck was a fat man. He was not short and fat, but tall and fat. His weight was estimated to be less than 200 kilograms. He had a very dark skin and a rough look. He was not afraid of the cold. Cui Changjia was wearing a fleece jacket, but he only wore a navy blue work suit on the outside.
"Boss Cui?" the fat man asked Cui Changjia who was walking towards him.
"Yes, I am, you are..."
"My name is Tao Lei, you can just call me Fatty, are you loading?"
Cui Changjia looked at the two cars and asked, "Only two?"
"Girl, whose transport team has an idle vehicle? Can't I find one for you right away? It's good enough that two can come at this time. The others are on the way, don't worry."
Cui Changjia had no choice but to ask people to move the goods first.
Fortunately, both cars were padded with felt, so they were not prone to bumps or collisions.
The fat man kept his word. Before the two cars were loaded, two more cars arrived, one was 9.6 meters long and the other was 4.2 meters long.
The fat man didn't work. He looked at the people loading the car back and forth and asked Cui Changjia, "I see all this furniture is from Cui's. Did you buy it here?"
"Do you know Cui's furniture?" Cui Changjia asked.
"Look at what you said. Everyone in the state capital knows Cui's furniture. What a pity! The newly built furniture store was burned down."
Cui Changjia felt very uncomfortable after hearing this.
"Hey, what are you doing!" the fat man roared, scaring Cui Changjia. Turning his head, he saw an inconspicuous man being grabbed by the fat man's wrist.
The man with shifty eyes twisted his neck and said, "I've been here, what am I doing? I didn't do anything. Let me go, let me go!"
"Fuck, I've seen your tricks many times, girl, look at your bag."
Cui Changjia looked down and discovered that the bottom of the bag had been cut at some point, and a corner of the wallet was sticking out of the hole.
Cui Chengze heard the noise and ran over to take a look, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
(End of this chapter)